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Updated: May 14, 2025
A rush of feeling at remembering that the same woman, before Manston's arrival, had just as frankly advocated Edward's claims, checked Cytherea's utterance for awhile. 'There, don't look at me like that, for Heaven's sake! said Miss Aldclyffe. 'You could almost kill a person by the force of reproach you can put into those eyes of yours, I verily believe.
When he had finished, five lay in the group he had selected. 'Would you like to add to the number? he said, turning to the lady. 'No, she said carelessly. 'Well, two or three additional ones rather took my fancy, she added, searching for some in the larger collection. She drew out three. One was Manston's.
Graye took a seat in the nave, on the north side, close behind a pillar dividing it from the north aisle, which was completely allotted to Miss Aldclyffe, her farmers, and her retainers, Manston's pew being in the midst of them.
She had not the slightest notion that the woman who lived with the steward might be other than Mrs. Manston much less that a greater matter might be behind. 'That's not it I wish it was no more. My suspicion is, first, that the woman living at the Old House is not Mr. Manston's wife. 'Not Mr. Manston's wife? 'That is it. Miss Aldclyffe looked blankly at the rector. 'Not Mr.
Her frightened eyes were unnaturally large, and shone like stars in the darkness of the background, as the light fell upon them. She leapt up to Owen in one bound, her small taper fingers extended like the leaves of a lupine. Then she clasped her cold and trembling hands round his neck and shivered. The sight of her again kindled all Manston's passions into activity.
Manston's possession of such a near relation was a fact quite new to herself, and that she would see what could be done in such an unfortunate affair. Manston received a message the next day requesting his attendance at the House punctually at eight o'clock the ensuing evening.
Round this table she flew, keeping it between herself and Manston, her large eyes wide open with terror, their dilated pupils constantly fixed upon Manston's, to read by his expression whether his next intention was to dart to the right or the left. Even he, at that heated moment, could not endure the expression of unutterable agony which shone from that extraordinary gaze of hers.
Manston's honourable conduct towards his wife and yourself, with Springrove towards his betrothed and yourself, and then see which appears the more worthy of your thoughts. The next stage in Manston's advances towards her hand was a clearly defined courtship. She was sadly perplexed, and some contrivance was necessary on his part in order to meet with her.
Her thoughts flew from idea to idea without asking for the slightest link of connection between one and another. One moment she was full of the wild music and stirring scene with Manston -the next, Edward's image rose before her like a shadowy ghost. Then Manston's black eyes seemed piercing her again, and the reckless voluptuous mouth appeared bending to the curves of his special words.
'And Miss Cytherea was now Manston's widow and only relative, and inherited all absolutely. 'True, she did. She waived her right in favour o' Mr. Raunham. Now, if there's a man in the world that d'care nothen about land I don't say there is, but if there is 'tis our pa'son. He's like a snail. He's a-growed so to the shape o' that there rectory that 'a wouldn' think o' leaven it even in name.
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